X means 10 years of Zamna: celebrating with Adriatique in the jungle

When

January 8

Where

Zamna Tulum

WHAT IS X?

Adriatique are Adrian Shala and Adrian Schweizer, two Swiss from Zurich who met on the local club scene and share more than a name (hence Adriatique). Since 2009 they have been building a hypnotic, emotional melodic techno sound, passing through Solomun's Diynamic, Tale Of Us's Afterlife (where their album Nude came out in 2018) and their own label, Siamese.

In 2019 they released the EP X to celebrate ten years of the project. In December 2022, X became something bigger: their own audiovisual concept, where music, art and technology cross. It's not a club night: it's stepping into a world they've been building for a decade, with cinematic visuals, precision lighting and those slow build-ups that break you inside.

Today X is also a label: X Recordings.

X AROUND THE WORLD: WHERE IT HAS BEEN

X doesn't appear just anywhere. It adapts to its surroundings:

2023: Zurich, Tel Aviv, Ibiza, Beirut, New York, São Paulo and Amsterdam. Iconic settings: marble quarries in Greece and the pyramids of Giza. Ushuaïa Dubai Harbour: in 2024 and 2025. Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: in 2025 and 2026. Ibiza, September 2026: two Thursdays at [UNVRS], with guests like Maceo Plex, Hardt Antoine, Son Of Son and Mano Le Tough.

From the pyramids to the Maya jungle. The pattern is clear: X looks for places with soul, and few have as much as a cenote.

X IN TULUM: THREE EDITIONS, THREE STORIES

December 30, 2023: the arrival. Adriatique with an extended set, alongside Innellea, Shimza and Ivory, under the motto “harmony between origin and progress.”

January 12, 2025: the return. Monolink, BLOND:ISH, Marino Canal and Read The News.

January 7, 2026: the consolidation. Joseph Capriati, Mind Against, Julya Karma and Orsay, on a night of light, sound and jungle until sunrise; only those who survived the intermittent rain got a memorable sunrise that went viral on social media and everyone wished they had lived.

Every year the line-up gets better and every year someone stays outside telling themselves it “was incredible.” This time that someone isn't you.

THE [X] FOREVER LINE-UP

Adriatique. The luxury hosts. They feel very comfortable in Tulum, an evolution you can see in every edition.

Mind Against. Brothers Alessandro and Federico Rizzo, one of the signatures of the Afterlife sound. They return after their run at X Tulum 2026, a sign they did something very right; they're among the closest friends of “the Adrians” and always deliver emotional sets that blow our minds. They are truly passionate about what they do.

WhoMadeWho (Hybrid DJ Set). The Danish trio of Tomas Høffding, Tomas Barfod and Jeppe Kjellberg, an experimental live act that breaks genres. With Adriatique they have history: they co-wrote “Miracle” (2023), their first full collaboration between melodic techno and synth-pop. Having them on the same night sounds like something you don't want to hear about secondhand. It's not easy for them to coincide, and this track with live vocals is a completely different feeling.

Kotiēr. A producer born near New York and now based in Europe. His rework of Bronski Beat's “Smalltown Boy” was the first release by an outside artist on X Recordings. His first big dance-music event was seeing Adriatique in Barcelona. Today he shares a bill with them. That's what a story of ending up working with your idols looks like if you set your mind to it.

SAMA (US). Born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents, she started playing at 13. She was a journalist for the BBC and Voice of America before returning fully to music in 2021. Since then she has played Pacha Ibiza and opened for Black Coffee and Solomun. Her sound mixes Middle Eastern, African and European roots, and her tracks already have the support of Keinemusik, Carl Cox and Adriatique themselves.

If you've spent three years saying “next time I'm going,” this is your chance.